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Make Yourself Comfortable at Chatsworth Press Office, T: 020 7713 9388, E: [email protected] Press release - November 2014 Chatsworth presents contemporary chair design exhibition Make Yourself Comfortable at Chatsworth 28 March – 23 October 2015 Above: By Royal Appointment by Moritz Waldemeyer (copyright Chatsworth House Trust) Contemporary art, design and collecting have always been intrinsic to Chatsworth. Continuing this tradition, Chatsworth, home to the Duke and Duchess of Devonshire, will showcase the best in contemporary chair design with its headline exhibition, Make Yourself Comfortable at Chatsworth, running from 28 March to 23 October 2015. Successive generations of the Devonshire family have commissioned and displayed work by leading artists and up-and-coming makers since the 17 th century, and the 21 st century is no exception. Make Yourself Comfortable at Chatsworth will see items from the private collection of the Duke and Duchess showcased alongside furniture by internationally acclaimed and innovative designers – from Thomas Heatherwick and Amanda Levete, to Marc Newson, Tokujin Yoshioka, Piet Hein Eek and Moritz Waldemeyer. The exhibition will also showcase thought-provoking, specially commissioned pieces, including Raw Edges’ End Grain seating which will become part of the Sculpture Gallery, and Counterpart by Tom Price which will be on display in the Chapel.
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Press release - November 2014
Chatsworth presents contemporary chair design exhibition Make Yourself Comfortable at Chatsworth
28 March – 23 October 2015
Above: By Royal Appointment by Moritz Waldemeyer (copyright Chatsworth House Trust)
Contemporary art, design and collecting have always been intrinsic to Chatsworth. Continuing this tradition, Chatsworth, home to the Duke and Duchess of Devonshire, will showcase the best in contemporary chair design with its headline exhibition, Make Yourself Comfortable at Chatsworth, running from 28 March to 23 October 2015. Successive generations of the Devonshire family have commissioned and displayed work by leading artists and up-and-coming makers since the 17th century, and the 21st century is no exception. Make Yourself Comfortable at Chatsworth will see items from the private collection of the Duke and Duchess showcased alongside furniture by internationally acclaimed and innovative designers – from Thomas Heatherwick and Amanda Levete, to Marc Newson, Tokujin Yoshioka, Piet Hein Eek and Moritz Waldemeyer. The exhibition will also showcase thought-provoking, specially commissioned pieces, including Raw Edges’ End Grain seating which will become part of the Sculpture Gallery, and Counterpart by Tom Price which will be on display in the Chapel.
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Above (from left): 501 chair by Assa Ashuach; Long-Form-Library by ifsodoso; Fade stool by Catherine Aitken
Furthermore, Chatsworth has commissioned three MA Design students from Sheffield Hallam University and its alumnus, British designer Daniel Schofield to create exclusive pieces for the exhibition. Positioned throughout the historic house, the exhibition is designed to be engaging, offering visitors the opportunity to experience the house and collection in new and surprising ways, to make themselves comfortable at Chatsworth. Visitors will be encouraged to engage with the chair designs on display; to sit, take part in and enjoy the exhibition.
Above (from left): Magis Spun rotating chairs by Thomas Heatherwick (image courtesy Nest Design); Chaise Lawn by
Deger Cengiz (image courtesy outdoorzgallery.com) Make Yourself Comfortable at Chatsworth is curated by Hannah Obee, Exhibitions and Special Projects Curator at Chatsworth. Make Yourself Comfortable at Chatsworth 28 March – 23 October 2015 Chatsworth, Bakewell, Derbyshire, DE45 1PP www.chatsworth.org
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For press information and images please contact the Chatsworth team at Caro Communications:
• Jessica Knowles, Senior Account Executive • Rachael Jones, Account Executive • Jeffrey Cheung, Account Director
T: +44 (0)20 7713 9388 E: [email protected] W: www.carocommunications.com @carocomms Notes to editors Participating designers/brands and chairs:
• Amanda Levete – Drift bench • Assa Ashuach – 501 chairs • Catherine Aitken – Fade stool • Christina Liljenberg Halstrøm for Skagerak – Georg bench and stool • Daniel Schofield – Design to be announced • Deborah Bowness – Design to be announced • Deger Cengiz – Chaise Lawn • Freyja Sewell – Hush • ifsodoso – Long-Form-Library • Joseph Walsh – Enignum and Enignum II • Jung Myung Taek – Seating for Communicating: Over the Rainbow • Liliana Ovalle – Fragment of a Staircase • Marc Newson – Lockheed Lounge • Moritz Waldemeyer – By Royal Appointment • Maarten Baas – Clay chairs • Nest Furniture Design – Fin de Voyage, Swansong chairs and Siren chairs • nobody & co – Bibliochaise and Bibliopouf • Piet Hein Eek – Kröller Müller chairs • Raw Edges – End Grain • Sebastian Brajkovic - Lathe V • Shang Xia – Da Tian Di chair • Sheffield Hallam University MDes students – Designs to be announced • Thomas Heatherwick – Spun chairs • Thomas & Vines – Louis clear chairs • Tokujin Yoshioka – Water Block • Tom Price – Counterpart • YOY for Innermost - Canvas sofa and chair
About Chatsworth Chatsworth, set in the heart of the Peak District, is home to the Duke and Duchess of Devonshire, and has been passed down through sixteen generations of the Cavendish family. As well as its inspiring architecture, landscape and history,
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Chatsworth also houses the Devonshire Collection, one of Europe’s most significant art collections. Successive generations of the Devonshire family have commissioned leading artists as well as those less well known since the 17th century up until today. The 12th Duke and Duchess, and their son and daughter-in-law, share their predecessors’ enthusiasm for contemporary art. Fine and decorative art acquired over nearly 500 years, is on view throughout the visitor route as well as displayed and used in their private apartments. Family portraits by Lucian Freud and Sir Joshua Reynolds share rooms with works by Sir Anthony Caro, Ai Weiwei and Michael Craig-Martin. Outdoor sculpture by Allen Jones, Barry Flanagan and Richard Long join 18th-century marbles in the garden; Umbrella 2 and High Heel, also by Michael Craig-Martin, are the latest, permanent additions to the garden. Inside the house, the most significant art installation at Chatsworth since the creation of the Sculpture Gallery in 1832, opened to visitors in spring 2014. Jacob van der Beugel represents the Devonshire family’s DNA in ceramic panels on the walls of the North Sketch Gallery, in an unusual and creative take on the traditional portrait. These contemporary commissions embody Chatsworth: personal, forward-looking and enthusiastically shared with visitors. The Chatsworth House Trust is an independent charity (no 511149) set up by the 11th Duke of Devonshire in 1981, to ensure the long-term survival of Chatsworth for the benefit of the public. All admission and event income from visitors, together with a percentage of income from shops and restaurants, goes directly to this Trust, and can only be spent on the upkeep and improvement of the house, collections, garden, farmyard and park.
